American Zombie

Filmmakers Grace Lee (“The Grace Lee Project”) and John Solomon (“Nonsense Man”) team up to shoot a documentary about high-functioning zombies living in Los Angeles and their struggles to gain acceptance in human society.

Despite their wildly different working styles, Grace and John manage to chronicle the hopes and dreams of four fascinating subjects: IVAN, a convenience-store clerk who longs for a career in publishing; LISA, a florist trying to recover her lost memories; JUDY, a hopeless romantic who learns to accept her true nature; and JOEL (pronounced “Yo-El”), a committed political activist striving for zombie rights. As Grace strives to get to know the zombies “on their own terms,” John is eager to uncover their darker side and rallies to get the crew permission to shoot at a three-day, zombies-only retreat called Live Dead where the documentary takes an unexpected – and dangerous – turn. What transpires there is beyond anything the filmmakers could imagine, as they are forced to re-evaluate their ideas about tolerance, identity politics and the future of the human race.

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Release Date: March 28, 2008
Genre: Comedy, Suspense and Horror
Running Time: 96 min.
Distributor(s): Cinema Libre Studio
Tagline: We're here. We're dead. Get used to it!
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Director(s):
Grace Lee

Writer(s):
Grace Lee - Screenplay
Rebecca Sonnenshine - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Teddy Jung - Executive Producer
In-Ah Lee - Producer

Movie Casts:
Grace Lee - Grace
Roger Ainslie - Jim Miller
Andrew Amondson - Himself
Alice Amter - Esperanza McNunn
Austin Basis - Ivan
Kasi Brown - Maude
Monique Edwards - Cheryl Park
Finneus Egan - Stag
Yuri Elvin - Zombie Guard Yuri
Gerry Katzman - Mr. Right
James M. Logan - Bible Study Guy (as James Jim Smith)
Ossie Mair - Dr. Stan Boyd
Raymond Ma - Factory Owner
Andi Matheny - Beverly Fitzpatton
Suzy Nakamura - Judy
Philip Newby - Rodrigo Weiss
Vanessa Peters - Monique
Micki Schloss - Frank Velasco
John Solomon - Himself
Jose Solomon - Glen
Tracy Thorpe - Neighbor
María Antonieta Vázquez - Church Zombie
Al Vicente - Joel
Kevin Michael Walsh - Kennedy
Jane Edith Wilson - Lisa